{"id":148473,"date":"2019-08-05T05:45:58","date_gmt":"2019-08-05T10:45:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ict-pulse.com\/?p=148473"},"modified":"2019-08-05T05:56:09","modified_gmt":"2019-08-05T10:56:09","slug":"roundup-week-4-august-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ict-pulse.com\/2019\/08\/roundup-week-4-august-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Roundup: for the week ending 4 August 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

A roundup of the latest ICT\/technology news from across the Caribbean region for the period Monday 29 July to Sunday 4 August 2019.<\/em><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Monday, 29 July 2019<\/h3>\n

Global data protection seminar held in The Bahamas<\/h4>\n

Bahamas <\/em>\u2013 In a first of its kind event, compliance officers met in a half-day seminar to discuss how the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is changing the way businesses source and safeguard clients\u2019 personal information and what\u2019s required of local banking institutions, insurance companies, investment firms and even health care facilities to remain compliant\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Govt’s Training Focus To Underpin Tech Hub<\/h4>\n

Bahamas <\/em>\u2013 The government is focusing on education and training to help build the skilled workforce necessary to underpin its technology hub ambitions, a Cabinet minister says\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Several new tech firms approved, being considered for GB<\/h4>\n

Bahamas <\/em>\u2013 New technology companies continue to show interest in Grand Bahama, Minister of State for Grand Bahama Kwasi Thompson said on Friday, adding that four are under consideration by the Bahamas Investment Authority (BIA)\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Skilled Workforce Is ‘Critical For Tech Hub<\/h4>\n

Bahamas <\/em>\u2013 Transforming Grand Bahama into a “technology hub” involves far more than attracting investors, a Cabinet minister has conceded, with developing a skilled workforce “a critical part” of its plans… more<\/a><\/p>\n

10 students in ICT internship with MOPT company partners<\/h4>\n

Guyana <\/em>\u2013 Ten students from junior secondary schools in Georgetown began a ground-breaking paid five-week internship with the four leading private sector information communication and technology (ICT) enterprises in Guyana, the Ministry of Public Telecommunications (MOPT) said Monday\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

\"\"Facial recognition technology poses risk of rights abuse<\/h4>\n

Guyana <\/em>\u2013 Dear Editor,  On Saturday July 27th, 2019, the media reported on a real time facial recognition and facial tracking system to be deployed for 24 hours surveillance in Georgetown and East Bank of Demerara\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Editorial | Wary Of Israel\u2019s Spyware<\/h4>\n

Jamaica <\/em>\u2013 The electronic monitoring of motor vehicles for road-traffic management and related law-enforcement purposes is common practice in many countries\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Health + Tech | The Value Of Change Management In IT Implementation<\/h4>\n

Jamaica <\/em>\u2013 I was once on site doing an initial tour of one of our prospective information technology (IT) implementations. We had just signed the contract and so decided to do a walk-through to have a more complete view of what to expect once we got started\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2018JUTC Wi-Fi Closely Monitored\u2019<\/h4>\n

Jamaica <\/em>\u2013 The third-party partner responsible for public Wi-Fi service on Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) buses is insisting that adequate safeguards are in place to block inappropriate content\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Digital, safe and secure<\/h4>\n

Regional <\/em>\u2013 Blockchain, also referred to as distributed ledger, has captured the interest of business leaders, governments, academics and tech providers across the globe\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Tuesday, 30 July 2019<\/h3>\n

Guyana Telecommunications Market Size, Segmentation, Strategy, Share, Growth Factors, Analysis and Forecast to 2019-2025<\/h4>\n

Guyana <\/em>\u2013 Guyana Telecom outlook report is a comprehensive analytical research on the Guyana\u2019s cellular, fixed telephone and fixed broadband segments\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Ministry strives for digital education system<\/h4>\n

Trinidad and Tobago <\/em>\u2013 THE Ministry of Education expects that by early next year, the education system will be digitally transformed, in alignment with technological innovations occurring around the world\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Wednesday, 31 July 2019<\/h3>\n

Data Protection Act will \u2018end abuse of digital lives\u2019<\/h4>\n

Barbados <\/em>\u2013 The days of Barbadians\u2019 data been misused are coming to an end, Minister of Small Business, Entrepreneurship and Commerce Dwight Sutherland, has pledged\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Credit Master Systems Launches App<\/h4>\n

Belize <\/em> The Complaint Information System, or CMS, is an essential partner in the economic growth and development of Belize\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

\"\"Disaster preparedness network bolstered, less need to rely on imperfect mobile devices<\/h4>\n

British Virgin Islands <\/em>\u2013 After roughly two years of relying primarily on their mobile devices, emergency officers across some government departments now have a more resilient way of communicating in the event of a disaster\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Automated kiosks in works for airport security<\/h4>\n

Cayman Islands <\/em>\u2013 An automated kiosk system for immigration and border control is expected to be piloted for travellers entering Owen Roberts International Airport\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Digicel launches new range of mobile plans with \u2018a lot more value\u2019<\/h4>\n

Dominica <\/em>\u2013 Digicel, on Wednesday, launched a new range of mobile plans that will be giving customers a lot more value in the form of data, minutes to call other networks and unlimited Digicel calling effective Wednesday 31 July 2019\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

OUR Accused Of Overreach – Telecoms Push Back Against Some \u2018Shock Bill\u2019 Mandates<\/h4>\n

Jamaica <\/em>\u2013 Jamaica\u2019s large telecom providers have separately accused the Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR) of overreach and are warning that its new directives could be costly to implement, amid a push by the regulator for the sector to be more open with customers about billing practices\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Caribbean Airlines launches mobile app<\/h4>\n

Regional <\/em>\u2013 Caribbean Airlines launched the latest of its digital products, the Caribbean Airlines Mobile App, designed for use by IOS and Android devices and features an array of tools to enhance the customers\u2019 travel experience\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Caribbean credit unions encouraged to use technology to improve customer experience<\/h4>\n

Regional <\/em>\u2013 Tectonic shifts are taking place in the financial services sector as technology-enabled innovations continue to change how customers do business\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

2019 Future Of St. Kitts and Nevis Telecommunications Market-Trends, Outlook and Growth Opportunities of Mobile, Fixed Landline and Broadband Markets<\/h4>\n

Saint Kitts and Nevis <\/em>\u2013 The St. Kitts and Nevis Telecommunications report \u2013 8th series from OGAnalysis provides a complete view of the St. Kitts and Nevis telecom ecosystem along with trends and growth factors shaping the future of the market\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Thursday, 1 August 2019<\/h3>\n

\"\"Data breaches prompt cybersecurity tightening \u2013 IT expert<\/h4>\n

Barbados <\/em>\u2013 With recent data breaches at banks here and a regional government, an information technology expert has warned Government and companies to pay greater attention to cybersecurity\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Website to help you stay safe online<\/h4>\n

Barbados <\/em>\u2013 Barbadians who want to stay safe while navigating the World Wide Web now have a resource to help them do so\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Attorney launches Caseload App to improve efficiency in legal industry<\/h4>\n

Jamaica <\/em>\u2013 Lawyers will get the opportunity to digitise their cases with a new mobile application called Caseload, the brainchild Ano Miller Sewell\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

USF offers second chance to unattached youth with technology programme<\/h4>\n

Jamaica <\/em>\u2013 SIX hundred unattached youth will get the opportunity to restructure their lives through the Universal Service Fund’s (USF) Technology Advancement Programme (TAP), at the start of the upcoming academic year\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Digicel T&T remains financially stable<\/h4>\n

Trinidad and Tobago <\/em>\u2013 Dig\u00adi\u00adcel T&T is not in fi\u00adnan\u00adcial trou\u00adble and no re\u00adstruc\u00adtur\u00ading of the com\u00adpa\u00adny is con\u00adtem\u00adplat\u00aded at this point in time\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Does TATT have teeth?<\/h4>\n

Trinidad and Tobago <\/em>\u2013 THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS Authority (TATT) was set up under law with a wide mandate\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Friday, 2 August 2019<\/h3>\n

BTC Labour Relations ‘Not Beyond Repair’<\/h4>\n

Bahamas <\/em>\u2013 Union leaders say labour relations at the Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC) are not beyond repair provided management treats the workers with \u201crespect\u201d\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Belmopan can do well with technological businesses<\/h4>\n

Belize <\/em>\u2013 The Belmopan Rotary Club held a meeting on Tuesday at Scotchies Belize Restaurant in Belmopan. It was a meaningful meeting since it gave members an opportunity to prepare for Belmopan Day, which has been scheduled for August 3rd at the Mae Gordon Park in Belmopan\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Digi Signature Store Doors are Open<\/h4>\n

Belize <\/em>\u2013 Belize Telemedia Limited opened its office at the newly built Mirab building on the Northern Highway\u2026more<\/a><\/p>\n

\"\"Joe Waight Confirms Audit of B.T.L.\u2019s GST Payments<\/h4>\n

Belize <\/em>\u2013 An audit of Belize Telemedia Limited to determine whether it owes anything in taxes to the GST Department is underway and nearing completion\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

No Jumping the Gun: Fin Sec Says BTL Audit Should be Completed Soon<\/h4>\n

Belize <\/em>\u2013 Turning back now to our interview with the Financial Secretary, we also asked him about the ongoing audit by the General Sales Tax Department to determine whether or not BTL owes them taxes\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Rochus Schreiber Knew He Would Not Remain B.T.L. C.E.O<\/h4>\n

Belize <\/em>\u2013 Two days after news broke of B.T.L.\u2019s purported multi-million dollar debt; the resignation of C.E.O. Rochus Schreiber was announced\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Will BTL audit report shows it owes GST?<\/h4>\n

Belize <\/em>\u2013 In late June, a document purportedly being (BTL VO)<\/strong> financials of almost thirty million dollars owing to GST by  Belize Telemedia Limited was leaked to the media\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Tougher penalties: Cybercriminals blackmailing local parents with lewd content of children<\/h4>\n

British Virgin Islands <\/em>\u2013 Reporting a number of cases involving minors being blackmailed over lewd photos and videos, Premier Andrew Fahie has said the 2019 amendments to the territory\u2019s Computer Misuse and Cybercrime Act is proposing penalties of more than a decade in prison and\/or fines of up to half-a-million dollars\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Transforming Jamaica\u2019s BPO Industry – Why GSS Is Needed In 2019<\/h4>\n

Jamaica <\/em>\u2013 Business process outsourcing, BPO, has taken its place in the global business landscape as one of the fastest growing sectors\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

The price of digital<\/h4>\n

Jamaica <\/em>\u2013 IF you are on Instagram or Facebook , I am certain you noticed the eerily real photos of friends in your feed last week. The only thing is they looked decades older\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

RBL hit with technological issues<\/h4>\n

Trinidad and Tobago <\/em>\u2013 Cus\u00adtomers of Re\u00adpub\u00adlic Bank Lim\u00adit\u00aded had to en\u00addure long lines and at times could not com\u00adplete their trans\u00adac\u00adtions as the bank was hit by ‘tech\u00adno\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal prob\u00adlems’ af\u00adfect\u00ading its cus\u00adtomer trans\u00adac\u00adtions, in\u00adclud\u00ading mo\u00adbile and In\u00adter\u00adnet bank\u00ading\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Saturday, 3 August 2019<\/h3>\n

BTL CEO SPEAKS ON IMMINENT DEPARTURE<\/h4>\n

Belize <\/em>\u2013 At the end of June, two years after he took over as Chief Executive Officer at BTL, and just two days after an explosive allegation that BTL owed GST $29M in unpaid taxes, the announcement came that Rochus Schreiber was department the company\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

\"\"Tech guru found temporary home in Cuba while running for president and running from trouble<\/h4>\n

Cuba <\/em>\u2013 Rogue tech guru John McAfee is campaigning for the Libertarian Party\u2019s presidential nomination, and his headquarters earlier this summer was a yacht at the Marina Hemingway, west of Havana\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Huawei announces profits, backs TT digital transformation<\/h4>\n

Trinidad and Tobago <\/em>\u2013 Huawei\u2019s business has remained robust in the first half of 2019\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Sunday, 4 August 2019<\/h3>\n

EXPOSING PERSONAL INFORMATION ONLINE RISKY<\/h4>\n

Barbados <\/em>\u2013 Barbadians are being warned of the risks of exposing their personal information online\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

‘Scaling with AI’\u2014Let the discussions begin<\/h4>\n

Jamaica<\/em>\u2013 The Branson Centre of Entrepreneurship \u2013 Caribbean (Branson Centre) in partnership with the US Embassy Kingston’s Public Affair Section kicked off the launch of their series of fireside chats with ‘Scaling with AI’ on Wednesday (July 31) at the USEmbassy in Kingston\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

To Airbnb, or not to Airbnb<\/h4>\n

Jamaica <\/em>\u2013 The advent of Airbnb has brought forth countless options for the discerning individual seeking a memorable but less expensive vacation or staycation for destinations across the world\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Yaneek Page | The Art Of Personal Branding Online<\/h4>\n

Jamaica<\/em>\u2013 QUESTION: <\/strong>That story about how one of your readers was able to take your advice and triple her income was very inspiring. I read it and it is like my life story, without the happy ending. I am so frustrated in my current job\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Image credits: journalismthatmatters<\/a> (flickr);  Wikipedia<\/a>;  Wikipedia<\/a>;  Wikipedia<\/a>;  Belize Web<\/a>;  Wikipedia<\/a> <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A roundup of the latest ICT\/technology news from across the Caribbean region for the period Monday 29 July to Sunday 4 August 2019.   Monday, 29 July 2019 Global data […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":51444,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[77],"tags":[45,71,38,49,205,204,78],"class_list":["post-148473","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-applications","tag-businesses","tag-data-protection","tag-education","tag-entrepreneurship-2","tag-innovation-2","tag-news-roundup","et-has-post-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ict-pulse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Old-News-Story-and-New-Tools-journalismthatmatters-flickr.jpg?fit=640%2C374&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2iE1G-CCJ","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ict-pulse.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148473","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ict-pulse.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ict-pulse.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ict-pulse.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ict-pulse.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=148473"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/ict-pulse.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148473\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":148480,"href":"https:\/\/ict-pulse.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148473\/revisions\/148480"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ict-pulse.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/51444"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ict-pulse.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=148473"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ict-pulse.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=148473"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ict-pulse.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=148473"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}